Bathing tent and the like



Jan. 30, 1934. A. ABRAHAM ET AL BATHING TENT AND THE LIKE Filed May 11,1953 Ath s.

i \nrlllllwwmw 9@ INVENTORS Alfred Abraham and Raymond Alfred ManningCheek. y,

Patented Jan. 30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BATHING TENT AND THELIKE Alfred Abraham and Raymond Alfred Manning Cheek, County of Kent,England 2 Claims.

This invention relates to folding portable tents which are moreparticularly intended for use in sun-bathing, its object being toprovide a simple form of tent which can be turned to catch the sun inany position while yet allowing of the necessary privacy for thesun-bather. At the same time it is not possible with this arrange mentfor anyone in a building which overlooks the tent to see into the tent,if the latter is disposed at a distance from such building approximatelyequivalent to the height of such building.

According to the present invention we provide a tent comprising fourcorner posts held in position by stay-cords passing through guides, eyesor the like provided at the upper parts thereof, said uprights or cornerposts being connected together by transverse rods pivoted thereto, attop and bottom there being a further or auxiliary transverse member, orthere may be more than one such member with which engages a leverpivoted about the centre of one of the bottom rails or cross members.

The various cross members or transverse rod are connected to the cornerposts by bolts and thumb nuts where necessary so that by releasing suchnuts and pushing or pulling on the lever, the corner posts can bebrought to an angle so tilting the tent in such a way that the user canreceive the full benefit of the sun in its difierent positions.

Naturally the stay-cords must be loosened prior to the tilting of thetent and tightened up when the latter has been set in the desiredposition. By using the lever arrangement on two adjoining sides it willbe clear that the tent can "be tilted in four directions.

A wire curtain rail or similar means may be provided for closing theentrance, the sun-bather receiving the sun's rays through the open topof the tent, the sides of said tent being covered by any suitable tentmaterial, or the entrance may be closed in the usual way and the curtaincarried by the wire rail may serve to close the top of the tent, servingas a sliding met, so providing a sleeping tent for example.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the tent.

Figs. 2 and 3 show details.

The tent has four corner posts 1 held by stay rods 2 passed through eyesor the like 3. The posts 1 are interconnected at top and bottom bytransverse rods 4 pivoted at 5 thereto while an- @5- other transversemember 6 pivoted at '7 is moved by a lever 8 pivoted at 9 to one of thebottom rails 4. Bolts 10 may be used for connecting the posts and crossmembers where necessary for easy movement and tightening.

The stay cords are held taut in a clip member such as 11.

A wire curtain rail or the like 12 carries a curtain 14.

We claimz- 1. Sun bathing tent comprising a frame consisting of fourcorner posts carrying stay guides adjacent the top thereof, top andbottom transverse members between said posts, clips mounted on saidframe, stay cords passing through said guides on the tops of the severalposts and held in said clip members, pivotal connections between thetransverse members and said posts, auxiliary transverse members at twoadjoining sides pivoted to the corner posts, a lever pivoted on each ofsaid auxiliary members and the adjacent bottom transverse member fortilting the tent to any angle after the release of the stay cords.

2. Sun bathing tent as claimed in claim -1, having runners mounted atthe upper part of two opposite sides of the tent adapted to support ablind carried on said runners adapted to close the top of the tent, andsaid frame adapted to support side coverings.

ALFRED ABRAHAM. RAYMOND ALFRED MANNING CHEEK.

